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Sustainability and Implicit Contracts 可持续性与隐性契约

Business and Society 360 Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1108/s2514-175920200000004005

Nicola Misani

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Making the Intangible Tangible: Integrated Management and the Social Cost of Carbon 使无形变为有形:碳的综合管理和社会成本

Business and Society 360 Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1108/s2514-175920200000004009

Robert Sroufe, Laura H. Jernegan

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Global Wisdom and the Audacity of Hope: A Sustainable Approach to Leadership* 全球智慧与无畏的希望:可持续的领导方式*

Business and Society 360 Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1108/s2514-175920200000004001

N. Adler

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Prelims 预备考试

Business and Society 360 Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1108/s2514-175920200000004013

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Enabling an Intrinsic Perspective Towards Approaching Tensions in CS Decisions Through Moral Imagination: A Conceptual Framework 通过道德想象使内在视角接近CS决策中的紧张关系:一个概念框架

Business and Society 360 Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1108/s2514-175920200000004006

S. Ramya, Fong T. Keng‐Highberger, Rupashree Baral

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Index 指数

Business and Society 360 Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1108/s2514-175920200000004012

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The Sustainability and Popularity Paradoxes of SIM Scholarship SIM奖学金的可持续性和受欢迎程度悖论

Business and Society 360 Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1108/s2514-175920200000004011

S. Waddock, Jegoo Lee

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Morality in Groups 群体道德

Business and Society 360 Pub Date : 2019-06-07 DOI: 10.1108/S2514-175920190000003007

Lily Morse, J. E. Keeney, Christopher P. Adkins

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Ethical Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Business and Society 第四次工业革命对商业和社会的伦理影响

Business and Society 360 Pub Date : 2019-06-07 DOI: 10.1108/S2514-175920190000003002

J. Hooker, Tae Wan Kim

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How Can Observers Effectively and Safely Engage with Unethical Organizational Behaviors? 观察者如何有效和安全地参与不道德的组织行为?

Business and Society 360 Pub Date : 2019-06-07 DOI: 10.1108/S2514-175920190000003008

R. Nielsen

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